Strategic Research A Strategic Planning Workshop was held in January 2012 to review the Directorate’s progress against its 2010 Operational Plan, review its progress against the key outcomes of it Research Strategy workshop held in 2011, and review its mission and objectives in relation to UCT’s six strategic goals as well as the Faculty’s Strategic Plan 2010-2015.
The PHCD’s over-arching research objectives are to:
Enhance research collaboration
Develop trans-disciplinary research collaboration within the university
Promote the Faculty’s research strategy
The PHCD’s primary goals are to:
Integrate a primary health care approach into the FHS curricula
Extend and develop the FHS clinical teaching platform in rural and primary care sites
Deepen community engagement within the health service and the FHS curricula
Enhance the recruitment and support of students of rural origin in the FHS
The PHCD’s operational goals are to:
Pay more attention to post-graduate teaching and develop a post-graduate teaching plan
Interact more with clinical departments
Re-orientate more health professionals to the PHC Approach
Encourage students to publish research and present to different stakeholders
Seek external funding from agencies
Write new grant proposals with respect to rural elective funding and research projects